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WATER cLosET.`

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ANDREW BAGRANAMJHUTU'UTHQWSNINGYDN. RC.

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F. A. WELLS.

WATER GLOSBT.

Patented 0013.22, 1895.

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F. A.' WELLS.

f WATER GLOSET. No. 548,239. l Patented 001i. 22, 1895.

# wz@ my AN DREW RGHANAM,PHUTU-UTHQWASNINGTOMDS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. wELLs, oF NEw YORK, N. Y.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,239, dated October 2.2, 1895.

Application filed August 8, 1893. K Serial No. 482,678. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. WELLS, a citi zen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved water-closet, and especially to improve the supply and Ventilating parts of the closet and to provide a fully-ventilated closet, which may be used under all circumstances, avoiding the necessity for right and left hand local-,vented closets and which shall be of greater strength and durability than closets now in use, while not increasing the difficulties of manufacture.

To this end one cf the features of this invention consists in providing on the outside of the earthenware bowl of the closet a housing or box, also of earthenware, molded and litted to the bowl before burning. This housing is divided by the insertion of the Watersupply duct into two chambers, the upper one of which receives the water-supply and delivers it into the lushing-rim- The lower chamber is attached to avent-pipe extending into the outer air, which pipe is furnished with suction-cowl or other device which will create an updraft. This lower chamber is also .in connection with the interior of the closetbowl by means of an aperture or apertures, through which any objectionable smell is lead away to the upcast-pipe alreadymentioned. It will thus be seen that the housing besides accommodating the admission of the wateriiush takes, also, the place of the local ventilating-horns, which are sometimes employed and which area difficulty in the manufacture of the closet as well as a sourceof trouble by fracture in the finished article.

While the invention isapplicable generally in water-closet constructions of many classes, it will be illustrated as applied to front and back outlet closets of that particular class known as washout-closets, and for a full understanding of the invention a detailed description thereof as thus applied will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the features forming the invention pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section on the line l of Fig. 2 of a front-outlet washout-closet embodying the main features of the invention in the preferred form. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section on the line 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a partial rear view. Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. l, showing a rear-outlet washout-closet embodying all the features of the invention. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to said drawings, A is the bowl of the closet, B the {lush-rim, C the outlet, D the sewer connection or trap-pipe, and E the trap-Vent, all these parts being shown as of the construction usual in this class of closets, the vent-connection horn of back or trap vent E being placed centrally at the rear of the closet.

Referring now to thev features especially embodying the invention, at the rear of the closet, and preferably placed within a single housing F, as shown, are the supply horn or connection G, the Ventilating-chamber H, and the local or seat vent connection I, the supplyhorn G and local-vent connection I being placed in the same vertical plane with the trapvent E. The supply-horn G communicates directly with the flush-rim B and with the rear of the bowl through supply-duct 10, which is preferably divided, as shown, so as to deliver the Water at each side as well as in the center. The local or seat Ventilating chamber H communicates with the upper part of the bowl by Ventilating-passages l2 on each side of the supply-duct lO, the side walls of the duct preventing water passing from the duct into the passages, and these passages preferably lbeing inclined upward and rearward from the bowl, as shown, so that the water from the flush-rim B will not Wash through them into the Ventilating-chamber. A dripopening 13 is preferably provided in the wall between the supply-horn G and ventilating-chamber H, through which any trapped water remaining in the supply-horn drains into the Ventilating-chamber, and thence through drip-opening 14 at the base of the Ventilating-chamber into the bowl, and thus preventing the breaking of supply-horn and Hush-rim by the water freezing therein. The

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connection of the Ventilating-pipe may be made with the local vent I in any suitable manner; but I prefer to provide the wall of the Ventilating-chamber with openings, as 15 in the drawings, so that the Ventilating-pipe maybe secured by drilling openings into it corresponding to openings 15 and passing nails or brads through the latter. The nails or brads may be secured and made air-tight by putty or white lead, if desired. The advantage of this construction is this: The three parts E G I being placed in the same vertical plane, there is not room to use a wrench conveniently on the Ventilating-pipe if made round and with a threaded spud sulphured in a horn connection, as usual, after the connecting-pipes are coupled tothe supply G and trap-vent E, nor can a wrench be applied conveniently to either E or G after the pipe is connected to the vent I. With the connection at I made as described, however, pipes may be attached in the usual manner to supply G and vent E, and then a pipe introduced between these pipes and connected to vent I. This also permits the vent-opening to be made oblong, as shown, which is preferable, as itincreases the vent-ilation largely without weakening too much the wall between the supply and vent.

It will be seen that by the construction shown the bowl is perfectly ventilated and provision is made for the return to the bowl of all water in the supply-pipe and ventilating-chamber, and as all the pipe connections gbowl Ventilating chamber below the supply horn. having a drip connection with the supply horn and bowl, and a vent connection with i said Ventilating chamber, substantially as demay be made centrally the use of right and left hand local-vented closets is avoided.

In Figs. 6 and 7 a back-outlet washout-closet is shown embodying the features of the invention thus far described and includingl other features especially applicable to back-outlet closets. As the general construction is the same as that of closets shown in Figs. l to 5, the same references may be used for corresponding parts.

One object of the invention is to bring the supply-horn and bowl and trap-vents all at the rear of the bowl instead of the old form of trap-vent connection being made at either right or left side of said trap, and for this purpose it is necessary that the trap-vent connection should pass the outlet-pipe. I provide an improved construction for this-purpose, which forms a part of the present invention. In this construction the connection between the vent E and the trap-pipe or sewer connection D is made as follows: The wall separating the outlet C and the trap-pipe D below the bowl is formed with a Ventilatingchamber 16, opening into the sewer-pipe D. From the chamber 16 pipes K are carried backward about the outlet O to the rear wall of the closet, where they connect with thevent E, half-pipes applied to the outlet-pipe C and united at the vent being used, preferably, for cheapness and compactness of construction.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the special class of closets shown and that many modifications `in the form and construction of the parts embodying the invention may be made.

What I claim is- 1. A water closet having a single housing combining a supply connection, a bowl ventilating chamber below the supply horn and a local vent connection with said chamber, said local vent connection being in the same vertical plane with the su pply horn, substantially as described.

2. A water closet having a single housing combining a supply connection, a bowl ventilating chamber below the supply horn, and a local vent connection with said chamber, said local vent connection being in the same vertical plane with the supply connection, and said closet having a trap Ventilating connection in the same vertical plane with the supply and local vent connections, substantially as described.

3. A rear outlet water closet having a single housing combining a supply connection,

, a bowl Ventilating chamber below theV supply connection, and a local vent connection with said chamber, said local vent connection being in the same vertical plane with the supply connection and said closet having a rear i trap vent in the same vertical plane with the supply and local vent connections, and connections about the outlet pipe between the trap vent and trap pipe, substantially as described.

4. A water closet having a supply horn, a

scribed.

5. The combination with supply horn G and supply duct 10, of Ventilating chamber l-I below the supply communicating with the bowl by one or more passages and with the supply and bowl by drip passages 13, 14, and connection I in the same vertical plane with supply horn G substantially as described.

6. The combination with bowl A and outlet and trap pipes G, D, of a rear outlet closet, of supply horn G, and supply duct 10, ventilating chamber H below the supply horn communicating with the bowl by passage 12 and with the supply horn G and bowl by drip openings 13, 14:, vent I communicating with the chamber H and in the same vertical plane with the supply horn, Ventilating chamber 16 opening into pipe D, trap vent E in the same vertical plane with the supply horn G and vent I, and pipes K on opposite sides of the pipe C connecting chamber 16 and vent E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK A. WELLS. Witnesses:

ARNOLD BEHEER, PHILIP EVANS.

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